Court further remands STF officers over killing of five students
September 23, 2013 04:06 pm
The
twelve police Special Task Force (STF) personnel, arrested over their alleged
involvement in the killing of five students in Trincomalee in 2006, have been
further remanded until October 7.
The suspects, an ASP and 11 Constables, were
produced at the Trincomalee Magistrate Court today, Ada Derana reporter said.
They were arrested by the Criminal
Investigations Department (CID) on July 04 and produced before the Trincomalee
Chief Magistrate U.L.M. Azhar, who ordered that they be held in remand custody
at the Anuradhapura Prison.
The arrested Assistant Superintendent of Police
(ASP) was an Inspector serving in the Trincomalee area when five students were
shot and killed in the beach near the Trincomalee Naval Dockyard and Fort
Fredrick on January 2, 2006.
Four of the students were vying for university
entrance while the other had already been selected to the University of
Moratuwa.
The court will consider the suspects’ bail request on October 14.
